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Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects

Colorado rates for HCPCS 81512

Measures five substances in a pregnant woman's blood and combines those results with details such as her age and how far along the pregnancy is. The report gives the chance that the baby has a chromosome difference or an opening in the spine or skull. It is a risk estimate rather than a diagnosis.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Pregnancy Blood Screening For Birth Defects cost?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $47.86 from a physician practice, and about $200 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$47.86$29.51 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$126 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $54 to $316Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $30 to $126
$50$100$200$500facility $200professional $48

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$70.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$100.00
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$87.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$269.15
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$51.29
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$14.13

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Georgia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Colorado· 20th of 51

$69.18

AK $155GA $41.69

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.